Reminds me of when I started using i3wm. Nord theme is excessively popular and thats what I used.
Later started using pywal.
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I like the idea of the profile pic in neofetch/screenfetch. Is that a hack within those or is it something that involves kitty? If I can get that working with xfce4-terminal that would be cool 
Not a hack - just a config option (and provision of a suitable pic). xfce4-terminal can handle it, btw - only quirk seems to be that the pic disappears after further clicksā¦
Check out ~/.config/neofetch/config.conf noting #image_backend and #image_source
I usually put the image source in with the config.conf in the neofetch dir for ease of finding it!
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Yeah I used the term āhackā rather loosely there! Of course itās configs really. Thanks for directing me to the relevant file, saves me a search. I think putting image sources in the right place is a good clean way to run a system, rather than some location in a userās Picture folder, thatās just messy!
You think maybe I learned that the hard way? Itās a possibilityā¦ 
Btw - hereās a screenshot from loading a Garuda icon I liked in its neofetchā¦
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Yeah like trying to set up a background image in LightDM for instance? It wonāt (obviously) accept an image in user space because itās before it (learnt that one back in the day) 
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Endeavour BSPWM with some custom dotfiles.
App launcher = Rofi
Terminal emulator = Terminator
Visible in terminator = Cava & Neofetch.
File manager = Thunar
Music player = Tauon Music Box
Browser = Librewolf
Bottom bar = Polybar with a few custom modules.
Icon pack = Numix, modified by the numix-folders package.
Third screenshot is Spotify with a modified version of the Spicetify theme āDribbblrā.
First time with a tiling WM for me, thought itād take a while to adapt and perhaps be a bit of a nuisance on a desktop, but I quite like it.
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It looks quite usable. Iāve not heard of that music player before, I use Deadbeef with my own configs. The only thing that stops me using a tiling WM is the limited screen space for a browser. It seems far too small, although I suppose it is possible to run it fullscreen? For everything else it seems fine. I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts anyway with a stacking WM or a full DE, it wouldnāt be hard to adjust.
It is extremely customizable and comes with a variety of layouts out of the box.
Apps will adapt to the available screen space, if you have nothing but a browser open itāll take up the entire screen. You can also adjust the size of each window yourself, and launch an application in full screen with a simple keybind.
What about workspaces, are they available? Iām using Fluxbox and I still have those available so I just jump between them when I need to. Itās not that much different to a DE really, just simpler and faster.
BSPWM comes with 10 workspaces (I think) out of the box. You can reduce/add workspaces to fit your needs. In the screenshot above I have three (see boxes in the middle of the bottom bar). You can send apps to each workspace with a keybind of your choice.
Ah thatās good to know. In that case Iād just have a browser fullscreen in one workspace and the other stuff normally takes up less room anyway, unless itās Gimp or something like that. Keybinds are fine. I may try i3 first but Iām undecided so far. Thanks for the info!
Thatās why I have dedicated workspaces for everything (or tags as they are called in dwm). Firefox has itās own one and runs fullscreen. Everything else I uses opens on other tags.
Yeah thatās how I run things. Browser on one, file manager on another, text editor on another etc etc. I find that 4 workspaces is enough for my needs but of course it depends on the individual.
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The reason why i choose kitty is because for some reason w3m-img is not rendering properly, i can ālooping imageā in neofetch setting but i donāt seem it worth for that. I heard kitty hsve their own image preview so i immediately download and start using it.
Itās not just about the image preview, but idk why i like kitty is because itās more simplistic and not too much needed gui settings like xfce-terminal(?).
But if you want to, you can either download kitty or enable ālooping imageā in the neofetch config (it should be around ~/.config/neofetch/config.conf
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I like nord not because popular, i like it because the color scheme, itās not hurting my eyes the the color is really fitting with the background and i3 bar.
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bspwm nord theme
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Nice wallpaper, looks a lot like my setup, but without microphone and +1 laptop and midi-controller 
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bspwm
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xmonad with polybar
this time was not easy
it has taken me 4 hours to put it together
but I learn something new every time
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